Places emothedesolate Wants to Go

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.